Conf File Backup Idea

[Tony Nelson]

On 09-08-02 08:14:25, Thom Paine wrote:
> >
> > I'm a sloppy person, so I set up an rsync-based solution derived
> > from a script I snagged through googling.  It keeps 4-hourly, 
> > daily, 4 weekly, and several monthly rotating backups of the 
> > directories I list.  Let me know if you want it.  Sometime I'll 
> > clean it up some more and put it on my web site.
> 
> 
> Tony, I think I would be interested in this. I looked at some of the
> other suggestions, and they seem to be pretty involved for what I 
> want to do. I was thinking rsync all along, but wasn't sure how to 
> get all the files I want listed.

<http://www.georgeanelson.com/geordy-backup.htm>

>Will a directory full of symlinks work?

That might be tricky.  rsync has the "--files-from=FILE" option, but 
geordy_backup doesn't bother, it just lists the files (actually only
directories) in the script.  The "sloppy" principle says that I won't 
list all the files I need, but that entire directories are likely to 
be enough.

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